"Walk With The King" Program, From the "Appreciate Others" Series, titled "Actively Do Good"

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"Walk With The King" Program, Practical & Encouraging Messages From The Ministry of Dr. Robert A. Cook.
From the "Appreciate Others" Series, titled: "Actively Do Good" (Broadcast #7090)
Scripture References: 1 Thessalonians 5:15

Learn about Dr. Cook's ministry at https://www.walkwiththeking.org/

Transcript

Alright. Thank you very much. And hello again my dear radio friend. How in the world are you? That little greeting, of course, establishes the fact that this is your good friend Bob Cook, and we’re back together again. I’m so glad to get together with you by way of radio and share from God’s Word. The miles drop away, and we’re together in the presence of our blessed Lord. Hallelujah.

Look with me then at 1 Thessalonians verse 15 of chapter 5, “See to it,” he says, “that no one render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all.” Now the word see is Greek verb ‘horao’, which means look at it. Look to it. Look to it. We often have that same phrase in our current language “see about it”. A slight warning, by the way, that the practice of being vindictive could creep in without people being aware of it. It isn’t addressed to any one section of the church, not just to the minister or the deacons or the elders or the trustees or the cabinet or the Sunday school staff, but to all. Everybody. And that word render… Do like when I dig into words? I hope you do. I hope I don’t bore you. If I do, you better let me know. The word render means give back. Give back. See to it that nobody follows the practice of giving back evil for evil. That something, isn’t it? Do you see, the tendency is, you hit me, I’ll hit you.

I love the story that I heard when I was a child and they stuck in my mind. Little guy comes in crying, he says, “Billy hit me with a rock. He did. He did.” And they were comforting him, and then he said thoughtfully, “But I got back at him.” They said, “How did you do that?” He said, “I hit him with a rock yesterday.” [chuckle] Human nature, isn’t it? You push me, I push you. We often say “when push comes to shove” and that is a reflection of the human nature factor. Well, he said, “Look, see to this. Look out for it. See to it that nobody…,” that isn’t just anybody in the church, but nobody, “gives back,” that’s ‘apodidomi’ “gives back evil for evil.” You don’t have to answer a critical letter. Did you know that?

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Isaiah 55:11:
“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.”